Fidel Castro

“I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.”

“They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?”

“I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.”

“Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour.”

“Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.”

“The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.”

“The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong.”

“No thieves, no traitors, no interventionists! This time the revolution is for real!”

“I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.”